Barcelona’s last 10 defeats in the Champions League

2. Liverpool-Round of 16 First Leg-February, 2007

That defeat at Stamford Bridge left Rijkaard’s men 5 points behind the Blues and they barely managed to sneak through the group stages in 2nd spot. However, the result was far from a one-off and ultimately proved to be a sign of things to come as they were eliminated from the competition by Liverpool in the first knockout round.

When the two sides met for the first leg at the Nou Camp, Portuguese midfielder Deco gave his team an early lead. However, the Reds grabbed the come-from-behind win thanks to goals from Craig Bellamy and John Arne Riise.

After the game Reds’ skipper Gerrard hailed a ‘wonderful team performance’ for the win and was understandably elated with the result. On the other hand Rijkaard said "The result was not very positive and I'm obviously concerned. I am always optimistic and positive, but we must be realistic too - it will be difficult to come back. We have to be confident and trust ourselves. We have to work together and move forward now."

Although, the Catalans won the return leg 1-0 at Anfield thanks to a Eidur Gudjohnsen strike, Liverpool deservedly went through on away goals.